Having just finished this years training for our newest supervisors on the Hypnotherapy diploma I overheard one supe say that they did not realise there was so much to learn to be able to give support and constructive feedback. Feedback and support during the exercises and the client sessions that is. All of our supervisors [...]
Archive for February, 2008
I write this rejuvenated, re-vitalized and clear headed. Why? Because I have just had my afternoon power nap. I feel even more self righteous after reading this report that has the startling statistic that ‘taking regular midday naps for at least 30 minutes reduces risk of cardiac death by 37 percent’. The trick is to [...]
Mm I think the title to this blog comes from an eighties pop song. Of course I’m far too young to remember it myself ; ) Do you get lonely or do you enjoy ‘alone time?’ On the Uncommon Knowledge hypnotherapy diploma we teach about basic emotional needs and how vital they are in maintaining [...]
I do wonder sometimes if psychological findings can lead people to exclusively blame their genes, environment, parents etc for their own behavior. The ‘blame culture’ is blamed (yes I know ‘irony’) for people not taking their own free will in to account (or believing they have any). It seems that being influenced by the idea [...]
Well this last weekend saw the second 2008 module on the Uncommon Knowledge hypnotherapy and psychotherapy training diploma course . We had fun teaching the ‘My friend John technique’ a wonderful hypnotic induction and elegant way to bypass the resistance of some clients. We taught the principles of addiction and how to use metaphor and [...]
Now here’s an interesting thing: It’s official happiness resumes at fifty cites research that seems to show that depression hits (reaches? /sinks to?) it’s worst at age forty four-obviously that is a mean (very mean) average. It says that we are at our happiest and most optimisitc in our twenties and then again in our [...]
I was looking at this article which suggests that socializing can increase thinking ability and exercise the mind. Regular social interaction is certainly a basic emotional need but of course it does depend on who you hang out with. We tend to become more like the people we are with; in fact to an amazing [...]
The dodo became extinct because it wasn’t adaptable enough said a researcher on the TV the other night. After years living on Mauritius this bird had developed a large chest and no longer flew. It nested upon the ground and when man arrived could not adapt quickly enough to the changing environment to survive. Millions [...]
Just seen this article citing the well known fact that taller men tend to win presidential elections (and also get higher salaries). People are attracted/impressed by dominant behaviours and status which is why fortune favors the brave and so does dating. The taller for president article also posits the stats that if you are a [...]
